Pero Kvrgić (4 March 1927 – 23 December 2020) was a Croatian actor.

Career

Kvrgić was born in Srpske Moravice to

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father and

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mother. He trained as an actor in the schools of the

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(HNK) after

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. He joined HNK in 1949, staying until he co-founded the

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in 1953. He returned to HNK in 1986 before he retired in 1988. He continued to act post retirement. His long-standing play ''Stilske vježbe'', a Croatian adaptation of ''

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'', is well known and has been produced since 1970, starring Kvrgić and Lela Margitić.

References

1927 births 2020 deaths Croatian male stage actors Yugoslav male stage actors 20th-century Croatian male actors 21st-century Croatian male actors {{Croatia-actor-stub Croatian people of Serbian descent Croatian people of Austrian descent Burials at Mirogoj Cemetery